brucknerian
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Golden Age?
I'm very sorry to have been hogging these pages a little lately, but I feel that someone should come on and say just what a good season it's been
and, especially, how well it's ending. Saturday's 'Lohengrin' was simply sensational: as good an all round performance as any of us is ever likely
to hear. And this evening's Bruckner 4 was almost as good, quite superlatively conducted by Jonathan Nott (whom I hope very much we shall have the
chance to hear again), and very imaginatively programmed alongside Dutilleux. In general I don't think, musically speaking, that the CBSO has ever
been in better health, and that we will in time be looking back on the Nelsons years as a golden age. We have him until 2014 (though I fear, given how
swiftly his career is taking off, the odds must be against him staying longer). I for one intend to relish the next four years, in the confidence
that, during them, Birmingham-based music lovers will be well and truly spoilt.
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David
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| posted on 22-6-1010 at 04:55 PM |
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I have to agree brucknerian. Having your eyes (or ears) opened to something new is always a great experience. For me Simon did it with 20th Century
music and now Andris combines that with the 19th century.
I have long spurned the music of Brahms, Schumann, Schubert, Tchaikovsky et al accepting it is great but just not my cup of tea.
I remained straddled with one foot in the baroque/classical camp and one in the modernist camp, never stepping into the romantic at all. Until, that
is, I heard it conducted by Andris.
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patrick116
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Mood: Enjoying the CBSO in 2010 and already booked for next season.
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| posted on 25-6-1010 at 12:17 PM |
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Agree with this having been a really good season of music with the CBSO playing at peak levels of performance despite what has been, at times, a very
heavy schedule.
I too share the fear that keeping Andris beyond 2014 may prove a challenge, especially as he doesn't like flying, and a great offer from an orchestra
in Germany, Oslo or somewhere similar might prove attractive. I wonder if he may take over from Jansons if/when Mariss retires?
On the positive side Andris does have a genuine affinity for the CBSO and its players and I think he feels that they share similar musical agendas so
perhaps this musical bond may be enough to keep him?
I'm sure that Stephen Maddock will do all he can to keep Andris though we have to accept that as a young conductor it is natural he may wish to
explore other challenges.
Whatever the future holds we still have plenty of great music to look forward too with the CBSO continuing to play under the spell of Andris'
"magical baton". It's almost "Harry Potter" like wizadry watching Andris produce such enthralling performances from this great orchestra.
However long this relationship lasts it may well indeed be regarded as a "Golden Age" in the history of the CBSO.
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